Charlie Munger, Berkshire co-founder, championed common sense such as 'avoiding stupidity'. He argued:
"It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent."
This is reminiscent of Knight favoring "the power of negative thinking." Bad decisions, physical and mental, inhabit the core of bad basketball.
Create a short list of avoiding stupidity and teach relentlessly. Green offense, red defense, yellow effort
1) No forced shots
2) No "shot turnovers"
3) Reduce turnovers, "zero percent possessions."
4) Stop retaliation fouls, e.g. fouls after a bad play or opponent success. Don't double down on bad decisions.
5) Never foul a perimeter shooter, especially three-pointers.
6) Never miss an assignment. Coaches hate hearing, "my bad."
7) No "dead man's defense," six feet under the ball. Defense starts with ball pressure.
8) The ball scores. Don't watch a teammate get beat without help.
9) Don't get consistently beaten in transition. It's about recognition, conversion, and effort.
10)Don't ball watch allowing rebounds and loose balls to go uncontested.
These are only some of the "low hanging fruit" that separates contenders from failure.
Lagniappe. Urban Meyer championed E + R = O (event plus response = outcome). Respond better.
E+R=O is how life works. It happens with or without your awareness.
— Brian Kight (@TBrianKight) December 9, 2024
Your life’s task is to master E+R=O. pic.twitter.com/WRJ1PtBe7D
Lagniappe 2. Chris Oliver shares a counter of Zoom Action.
Run zoom actions?
— Chris Oliver (@BBallImmersion) December 10, 2024
Simple and effective counter is to make it look like a zoom for the farthest player but instead the first screener rejects back to the handoff. pic.twitter.com/9VVJAzoCum
Lagniappe 3. No worries. Players don't invest enough time concerned about what can go wrong when it's allowed. Have conversations about what we must do and what we must not do.
